Hub Coordinator (Programs) at Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative (YEDI)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• The Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health Activity (referred to as YPE4AH) is a five-year (2020 – 2025) USAID-funded project implemented YEDI and its partners.
• The primary goal of the project is to improve the health and well-being of urban, underprivileged adolescents aged 15–19 by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use—from a holistic, human capital perspective.
• The youth-powered ecosystem centers on Youth Hubs—safe spaces for youth to seek and access FP and reproductive health (RH) information and referrals.
• YPE4AH will adapt and scale up evidence-based, high-impact SKILLZ curricula, which combine sports and fun-based activities and group sessions led by Youth Coaches/mentors to spur healthy behavior change and shift attitudes for more equitable gender-sensitive norms.
• YEDI seeks to engage a State Coordinator to oversee the implementation of the program in the state.

TASK & RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical/Managerial Tasks

• Under the supervision of the Program Manager/State Coordinator, develop a schedule for activities in the Youth Hubs and monitor delivery
• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring of the use of all assets, equipment and furniture
• Responsible for coordinating the smooth running of the Hubs: SKILLZ, leadership, livelihood
• Responsible for providing health related information/counselling, coordinating Referrals and other services for adolescents in the Hubs
• Responsible for documentation of all Hub activities into designated tracking tools (collecting and filing service
• data and collating SKILLZ data from Youth coaches, Hub attendance register and feedback forms)
• Complete and submit monthly reports using approved monitoring and evaluation templates, including success stories.

Supervisory Tasks

• Deliver bi-weekly mentoring sessions for SKILLZ Coaches
• Support monthly Hub check-in and quarterly learning meeting
• Monitor participation of Adolescents in interventions by tracking their daily/periodic attendance.
• Collate and supervise the pre-and-post intervention test.
• Monitor and Supervise program delivery for quality, identify gaps and make recommendations for improvement.
• Monitor completion of deliverables by SKILLZ Coaches

Other Job-Related responsibilities

• Serve as a link between YPE4AH/YEDI staff and the SKILLZ Coaches
• Be a role model for adolescents in the community by demonstrating best practices for leadership, livelihoods, and accessing/adhering to family planning services.
• Stand against all forms of abuse and exploitation of project participants. A Coach will immediately report any suspicion or acts of abuse to the Hub Coordinator for action and referral.
• Participate in all training activities for the project- SKILLZ, Leadership, M&E.
• Undertake periodic trainings on US Abortion and FP Requirements, and Protecting Life in Global Health
• Assistance and Statutory Abortion Restrictions
• Ensure compliance of SKILLZ Coaches with Child Protection policies and Protecting Life in Global Health provision
• Deliver and facilitate sessions using the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculum and other curricula as necessary.
• Together with YEDI YPE4AH Program and Training Managers/ State Coordinator, conduct training and refresher trainings for Coaches on the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculums.
• Together with the Program Manager/ State Coordinator, lead community engagement efforts including stakeholder engagement, SKILLZ Holiday Camps, community, and mobile health outreaches.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of HND or First degree in health, social and behavioral sciences.
• At least 3 years working experience in programing and community level implementation.
• Experience of working with young people on sensitive topics including family planning, sexual and
• reproductive health, gender-based violence, etc.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation or capturing learning for projects
• Ability to communicate in local language preferred by young people.
• Good organizational and planning skills
• Ability to write concise, analytical and accurate reports to meet agreed deadlines
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English
• Good negotiation and interpersonal skills, ability to relate well and build a rapport with a diverse range of people.